To start, here is our dramatis personæ for this digital-age update to the timeless tale of boy meets girl:

Andre Drummond. 20-year-old center for the NBA's Detroit Pistons. Last season named to the league's All-Rookie Second Team.

Jennette McCurdy. 21-year-old actress and singer. Best known for playing the starring role in Nickelodeon's hit series iCarly.

That's Drummond and McCurdy in the photo, above. Now, here's how they met (like any tale of modern romance, it starts with a hashtag):

One particular hashtag that's popular with the kids these days is #WCW. That stands for "Woman Crush Wednesday." The fairly straightforward idea is to post a photo of a woman you have a crush on to Instagram or Twitter. Drummond posted this #WCW shot of McCurdy two months ago.

A couple of weeks later, he posted this one with the caption, "Yes lord!!!":

Then, a week later, this one:

Finally after all those #WCWs, Drummond's dogged — if indirect — digital courtship paid off. But not on Instagram. The relationship took its next step over on Twitter, back on Aug. 7:

Drummond's Pistons aren't scheduled to play in L.A. until Nov. 17 — which, it turns out, was just too long for the young enamorados to wait.

Three weeks ago, the 5-foot-3 McCurdy wished the 6-foot-10 Drummond a happy birthday with this Instagram photo, signing it "from a very small, questionable creature."

Then Drummond got her a teddy bear, which she named "Drummy" and naturally shared with her 1 million Instagram followers:

Then — finally! — their Internet courtship came full circle when McCurdy posted a photo of this familiar-looking fellow as her "Man Crush Monday" (#MCM for you noobs):

But online romance can only last for so long, right? Drummond and McCurdy bridged their digital divide for apparently the first time last Thursday. Here's McCurdy's Twitter post from the historic meet up:

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